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kill switch; then key. Riding school taught us to make hitting the kill switch a reflex associated with "turn off bike". This way in case of an emergency where you'd need to shut off the engine, the reflex would be to "kill switch"

Sound reasoning and exactly how and why I was taught at riding school.

2011 VStrom 650, 1983 KZ750, 2006 WR450, and any racebike I can get my hands on!!

The school teaches the students how to survive, so they can get to be experienced rather than dead.
Once experienced, I'm sure it's a possibly unimportant point of view.
After many crashes at the track, the reflex to hit the kill switch doesn't sound stupid ;-)
The school batteries take a beating more from lots of low speed riding than anything, which doesn't charge them up enough for the mulitple starts they also endure.
Thus they are prone to die quickly when left on.
A properly charged battery in good shape wouldn't suffer this problem.

chicken strips are a sign of intelligence
unless you're at the track ;)

I was told the ignition system is more robust than the kill switch, and less likely to fail. Overuse of the kill switch could wear it out quicker, and leave you stranded. That's how the BC safety council taught us years ago. Dunno how true it is as I've never had electronics (except for a key fob) wear out from overuse.

This. There have been many claims of failing kill switches on BMWs because owners used them on every start up and shutdown.

Secondly, leaving the ignition on without the motor running (as in when shutting down with the kill switch) will drain the battery because the headlights and fuel pumps are still on. This isn't usually a problem, but on older bikes with weaker alternators and a not so perfect battery it could be problematic.

Finally.... it's called a kill switch. But on every other machine I've ever operated, the kill switch could be attached to a tether so that when the rider needs to exit or gets thrown off the engine automatically shuts down. I mean... doesn't this make sense on a bike?